Exam 13: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

In Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) classic study on cognitive dissonance, participants who were paid $20 for doing a boring task, in contrast to those who were paid $1 for doing the same task, ________.

________ is a generally negative attitude toward members of a group.

A local car insurance company advertises their products with television commercials. During those spots, there are flashy lights, attractive dancers wearing skin-tight outfits, and local celebrities talking about how they have that company's insurance. The advertisement does not, however, mention any of the features or costs associated with the product. This company is attempting to earn customers through which path of processing?

An attitude has ______ major components.

Increased contact between two warring groups has a tendency to ________.

In March of 1964, Kitty Genovese was the victim of a brutal assault that led to her death in the entryway of an apartment complex. Police reports indicate that out of the 38 people who observed the attack happening, ________ called 911 to request assistance.

The social group viewed as the one a person identifies with is called a (an) ________.

The Kitty Genovese case depicts ________.

The Robber's Cave experiment showed that playing athletic games, such as football and baseball, reduces us-them hostility.

Which of the following is the best example of the behavioral component of an attitude?

The three basic components of attitudes are ________, ________, and ________.

When members of a group give priority to the cohesiveness of the group over the facts of a situation, they are engaging in what social psychologists call _____.

Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately. As you try to figure out why, you are engaging in the process called ________________.

According to Darley and Latané, the main factor causing people to refrain from helping is not wanting to get involved.

One technique that a person may use to reduce cognitive dissonance is changing their conflicting behaviors to match their attitudes.

Attributions are __________________.

When we make situational attributions we are identifying the cause of an action as something _________.

A bank loan officer thinks people who speak with an accent are lazy; consequently, he refuses to grant them loans. The loan officer's belief is an example of _____ . His refusal to grant them loans is an example of _____.

The benefit of attributional biases is that they ________.

The basis of the realistic conflict theory is that arguments that occur over genuine problems lead to more violence than arguments that occur over petty or irrelevant issues.